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What are the different elements of literature? Check all that apply.

- setting
- characters
- plot
- point of view
- theme
- foreshadowing
- None of the above
- All of the above

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Answer:

- setting

- characters

- plot

- point of view

- theme

Step-by-step explanation:

A literary element can be defined as the building block (components) of a literary work such as articles, books, novels, poems, etc.

The different elements of literature are;

I. Setting: this is the geographical location and time period in which a story is created.

II. Characters: this refer to the individuals, animate or inanimate objects that features in a literary work. It is categorized into two and these are protagonist and antagonist.

III. Plot: it refers to the series of events that occurs sequentially in a story. These includes exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

IV. Point of view: it refers to the perspective from which a narrator tells a story such as first person point-of-view, second person point-of-view and the third person point-of-view.

V. Theme: this describes the main idea or moral of a literary work. Thus, it appears repeatedly throughout the literary work.

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